The relationship between Islam and human rights forms an important aspect of contemporary international human rights debates. Current international events have made the topic more relevant than ever in international law discourse. Professor Abdullahi An-Na'im is undoubtedly one of the leading international scholars on this subject. He has written extensively on the subject and his works are widely referenced in the literature. His contributions on the subject are however scattered in different academic journals and book chapters. This anthology is designed to bring together his academic contributions on the subject under one cover, for easy access for students and researchers in Islamic law and human rights.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (from Sudan) is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Law, associated professor in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion of Emory University. An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives, Professor An-Na'im teaches courses in international law, comparative law, human rights, and Islamic law. His research interests include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, secularism, and Islam and politics. Professor An-Na'im directed the following research projects which focus on advocacy strategies for reform through internal cultural transformation:

Women and Land in AfricaIslamic Family LawFellowship Program in Islam and Human RightsThe Future of Sharia: Islam and the Secular StateThe websites for these projects can be accessed through Professor An-Na'im's personal homepage at law.emory.edu/aannaim »

Professor An-Na'im's current research projects include a study of Muslims and the secular state, and of human rightsfrom state-centric to people-centered. He continues to further develop his theory of Islam and the Secular State (Harvard University Press, 2008), also published in Arabic and Indonesian. Translations of this manuscript in Bengali, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish and Russian, are available for download free of charge at sharia.law.emory.edu »

Education: PhD (Law), University of Edinburgh (Scotland), 1976; LLB (Honours) and Diploma in Criminology, University of Cambridge (England), 1973; LLB (Honours), University of Khartoum (Sudan), 1970

"Emory International Law Review," Emory International Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2011)

"Experiences in Freedom of Religion in the African Context"The Pontifical Academy of Social SciencesVatican CityApril 2011

Keynote"For Sustainable Peace: From Religious Responsibility to Legal Accountability"Regional Conference, Peacekeeping in West Africa: Faith Communities and their Role in Conflict,”Freetown, Sierra LeoneDecember 2010

Public Lecture"Human Rights, Universality and Sovereignty: The Relevance and Irrelevance of Islamic Law"Washington and Lee University School of Law and the Transnational Law InstituteApril 2011

Presentation"Human Rights, Universality and Sovereignty: The Relevance and Irrelevance of Shari’a"Conference on Human Rights in Islam: The Politics of Cultural Transformation, Duke UniversityDurham, North CarolinaFebruary 2011

Panel Presentation"Normative and Legal Pluralism and the Limitations of ‘access to justice’ paradigm"Beyond Apology and Utopia: Critical Engagements with Good Governance in the Arab WorldUniversity of WindsorWindsor, CanadaOctober 2009

Public Lecture"Normative Pluralism and State Legal Systems"University of Warwick Law SchoolUKOctober 2010

The Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights"Polygamy and Gender Justice in the 21st Century: Reflections on Basic Principles"Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law ProjectBrandeis UniversityNovember 2010

Public Lecture"Re-imagining International Law for a New Politics of Human Rights"University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CAMay 2009

Public Lecture"Re-imagining International Law for a New Politics of Human Rights"The Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, University of California, IrvineIrvine, CAMay 2009

Keynote"Sharia, National Law, Rule of Law and Human Rights"Conference on Sharia Incorporated: Legal Systems in the Muslim World – Recent Development, Center for the Study of Islam and SocietyLeiden University, the NetherlandsJune 2010

Keynote"Sharia, State Law and Freedom of Religion in Oklahoma"Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)Oklahoma City, OklahomaMarch 2011

Paper Presentation"The Cross-Cultural Coherence of Intellectual History: The Case of the Second Message of Islam from Sudan"Conceptual History and Global Translations: The Euro-Asian and African Semantics of the Social and the Economic, University of HelsinkiFinlandMay 2011

Presentation"The Interdependence of the Religious and Secular: The Religious Fallacy of Fundamentalism"International Workshop on Retreat of the Secular, Challenges of Religious FundamentalismYork UniversityToronto, CanadaMay 2009

Presentation"Tolerance and Freedom: Sustainability of Toleration in Public Discourse"Conference on Toleration and Freedom: The American Experience in Context, Institute for Philosophy & Religion, Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsMarch 2011

Presentation"Universality of Human Rights"Conference on the Universality of Human Rights in a Changing World, The Advisory Council on International Affairs on the NetherlandsSenate BuildingThe Hague, NetherlandsDecember 2009

Presentation"Universality of Human Rights"Conference on the Universality of Human Rights in a Changing World, The Advisory Council on International Affairs on the Netherlands, The Hague, Senate BuildingDecember 2009